Germline genetic screening can identify whether a patient with cancer has inherited genetic alterations in a gene or genes ...

A gene primarily active in fat and muscles could make a person more susceptible to anorexia nervosa, a deadly eating disorder ...

Having access to enough food does not necessarily mean having access to a nutritionally adequate diet. New research among ...

New research shows the efficacy and safety of hydroxyurea treatment for sickle cell anemia at four low-income sites in Africa ...

Decades before the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease appear, some changes associated with the disease may begin to leave ...

Vaccination against a common respiratory virus during pregnancy lowers the risk of severe disease in babies by 74%, but ...

Receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine before pregnancy is associated with a lower risk of major pregnancy ...

People were about 19 percentage points less likely to recommend life-sustaining treatment for a seriously ill patient with ...

A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart ...

A few years ago, 30 special forces veterans suffering for years with the psychiatric consequences of multiple traumatic brain ...

Skeletal muscles are capable of regenerating themselves following an injury, a process that depends on muscle stem cells. In ...

The early years of working life differ for newly qualified nurses and midwives working in hospitals and comparable graduates ...